Brian Magee keeps his cool in sweltering Costa Rica

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Brian Magee is not an easy man to keep down. Written off more times than most
would care to mention, he breathed fresh life into his career at the age of
36 as he travelled to sweltering San Juan, Costa Rica, to win the interim
WBA super-middleweight title with a points win over Jaime Barboza.

Barboza had home advantage, but none of Magee’s experience in world class. The
Northern Irishman took control from the third round and picked off the Costa
Rican, winning by a clear unanimous decision.